Pepper's Ghost New Media & Performing Arts Collective

Huge thanks to HP for providing us with the mobile graphics workstations that enabled us to deliver the high-quality real-time VR visuals that make Maamawi - Together Through the Fire such a powerful and moving experience for our audiences. HP has been a critical supporter of this project since it inception and we could not have presented this important work without your continued support.

Huge shout-out to Brett, Stefanie, Ben, Lucas, Tamara, and the crew at Animatrik Film Design for helping make Maamawi - Together through the Fire a success. Animatrik has been an invaluable partner on this project since its inception and we could not have presented this important work without your continued support.

Special thanks to the Alliance Française Vancouver for your assistance in providing essential VR equipment for our presentation of Maamawi - Together Through the Fire. We would not have been able to perform this important work without your generous support.

Special thanks to Arden and Emily Carr University's Basically Good Media Lab for their support in providing essential equipment and reaching out to the ECUAD community for volunteers. We would not have been able to present this important work without your support!

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Huge thanks to our sponsors, supporters, volunteers and everyone who came out to see Maamawi - Together through the Fire, either in-person or online. Stay tuned for news about upcoming performances and presentations!

We have our last two performances TODAY!

18 May: 2pm, 7pm

Animatrik Studios: 4088 1st Avenue, Burnaby
Or livestream

Show is 45 mins plus 10 min closing circle.

Maamawi ticket link: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/maamawi-together-through-the-fire-an-immersive-vr-dance-experience-tickets-887259084807

Our first of three performances is TODAY!

17 May: 7pm
18 May: 2pm, 7pm

Animatrik Studios: 4088 1st Avenue, Burnaby
Or livestream

Show is 45 mins plus 10 min closing circle.

Maamawi ticket link: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/maamawi-together-through-the-fire-an-immersive-vr-dance-experience-tickets-887259084807

THIS WEEKEND have a fun night out (or in) at Maamawi!

Based on stories shared by Anishnaabe Elder, Gloria May Eshkibok, and utilising the concept of the “Mino Bimaadiziwin” pillars of Anishnaabe culture, two dancers duet within a beautiful virtual environment generated in Unreal Engine as their dance is tracked with live motion capture technology. They embody the Wolf and the Eagle who appear as live avatars within the world; while a third dancer narrates the journey we take through the seven prophecies.

17 May: 7pm
18 May: 2pm, 7pm

Animatrik Studios: 4088 1st Avenue, Burnaby
Or livestream

Show is 45 mins plus 10 min closing circle.

Maamawi ticket link: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/maamawi-together-through-the-fire-an-immersive-vr-dance-experience-tickets-887259084807

200 years in the future, what will your descendants remember about you?

What are your dreams for the future?

What do we need to be good ancestors?

Join us at Maamawi on the 17th and 18th of May, as we braid the dreams of past, present, and future into a post-apocalyptic landscape. An expression of the Anishinaabe Seven Fires Prophecies, as shared by Anishinaabe Elder, Gloria May Eshkibok, Maamawi (ᒫᒪᐏ) imbues us with heart-light, stewarded by the Original Ones. We are held in trust with Love and Respect for all that is, all that was, and all that will be as we move steadily toward our destiny.

Maamawi ticket link: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/maamawi-together-through-the-fire-an-immersive-vr-dance-experience-tickets-887259084807

Treaty 1-born Sophie Dow is a multidisciplinary creative, inspired by dance, music, film, collaboration and Michif/Assiniboine + French/Ukrainian roots. An avid adventurer, Sophie exudes passions for busking, yoga, and traveling on top of holding a degree in Dance Performance and Choreography from York University. Sophie presently fulfills roles as: artistic associate of O.Dela Arts, The Chimera Project& V’ni Dansi/Louis Riel Métis Dancers, residency coordinator at Dance West Network, musician with The Honeycomb Flyers, a licensed practitioner of Traditional Thai Massage, a trained facilitator & student of BreathWave, a freelance dancer/choreographer/sound designer, and a puddle jumping trickster.

Experience Sophie’s dance performance at Maamwai!

Maamawi ticket link: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/maamawi-together-through-the-fire-an-immersive-vr-dance-experience-tickets-887259084807